THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
Bi'diord, Feb. 66, 1555.
G. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor
■' An Apprentice, to learn the Printing,
"Will he taken at the office of the Bedford Ga
zelle on favorable terms.
SiyAn ineffectual attempt to elect a U. S.
Senator for Pennsylvania was made by our
State Legislature on last Tuesday. General
CAMERON is the regularly nominated candidate
ol the Whig and Know-Nothing caucus. On
the day fixed lor the election, however, the
supporters of Mr. CnuTtx, the Administration
aspirant, boited, and the election stands post
poned until the 27th inst.—so that we may ex
pect little business to be done by the Legisla
ture for the next two weeks.
The General only lacked 7 votes of an elec
tion.
Important Vote in Congress.
The following resolution was offered on Monday in
lh House of Representatives of the United States, by
Hon. William Witte, of Pennsylvania, and on the
motion to suspend the rules, so as to bring it to dis
cussion and a direct vote, the yeas and nays were
called:
Whereas discussions have been indulged in this
House, in Committee of the Whole, which, with oth
er circumstances, lead to the conviction that there
exists in this country an extensive secret oath-bound
political association, which seems intended to inler
tere with The purity of elections and the legislation of
ihe country, such an association a- excited the (ears
and induced the solemn warnings of Washington in
Ins Farewell Address : therefore,
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this HOUSP. the
existence of secret oath-bound political association-,
having in view an interference with The sanctity of
the ba!lot-hox, and the direction ol the course of na
tional legislation, is inconsistent with and dangerous
to tiie institutions of republicanism, and directly ho--
lit'e to the genius of the government.
Resolved. That every attempt to pro-crihe any
c of citizens on account of their religion- opinions,
or to favor or to injure any religious denomination hy
t .riofial legi-lation, is a di-tinct violation of the
j- •,:rt♦ ol the constitution of the United >'utc-.
Resolved, That while a caretu! and strict adminis
tration of the naturalization laws is a solemn duty,
vet every interference with the guarantied rights <>f
naturalized citizens is iiicon-i-tent with the plighted
fa it h of the nation, and must diminish its growthand
prosperity.
Democrats in the affirmative 00
Whigs in the affirmative 11
104
Democrats in the negative fit
Whigs in the negative, 19
"its
not a two-thirds vote ; so the House refused to con
sider ttie re-oiilutiou. We have already given tiie
yeas and navs.
It is jii-t to say that nearly a!! the democrats who
voted :II the negative on this re-olution did so on the
ground that it might open a iengthy discussion, and
delay important business to a late hour of the ses
sion. This was the po-itiou of the lion. George S.
Houston, the able chairman of the Committee of
Ways and .Means, who has labored so strenuously to
bring the House to action on the pressing business
now before it; and this, al-o, was the position of the
chairman of most of the leading committees in the
House. As it was, however, the decided and con
trolling majority of the democratic party w ere found
enrolled, we are gla'i to say, in favor of the princi-'
pies avowed hy the resolution, and fourteen whig
aided to swell the affirmative votP.
This is a question which mu-t be squarely met. It
cannot be evaded. However aspirants for office may
dislike the te-f, the people will demand that every
candidate shall show his hand. Such an issue a- that
presented by the resolutions of Mr. Witte rises above
temporary party issues. The idea of oppn-ing the
new conspiracy is based upon principles of enduring
vi-tue and of daily neces-ity, and wo unto the public
mail who, in the se]ti-h race for tempoiary success
and persona! advantage, forfeits his obligation to his
fellow-beings and to the truth bv uniting with this
know-nothing conspiracy. The democratic party
has here another opportunity to show its firmness and
its fidelity in adhering to great principles in the.dark
hour ; and though menaced by di-aster and defeat, it
will not surrender before a crusade which, however
transiently successful, will soon end in the over
throw of ail who are concerned in it.— lUai/i. Union.
Professor Tiffany.
This gentleman, alter leaving here, re-deliv
ered his Know-Nothing Lecture before the
Young .1 hn's Christian dissociation of tiie
Borough of York, on the succeeding evening
tiller his debut in Fulton Hall. Are these As
sociations also to he conceited into Know-
Nothing Lodges ? Verily, it looks verv much
like it in the town of York, when thev will em
ploy such a politico-clerical demagogue to lec
ture before them.
By the way, does this man, Professor TIFFA
NY, traverse the State delivering his Know-
Nothing Lectures at the instance or instigation
of the Faculty of Dickinson College? or does
he do it, and thereby neglect his duties in the
Chair of Mathematics, by permission of the
Trustees of that time-honored Institution?—
The public have some interest in this matter—
inasmuch as one of two things is certain ; eith
er lie neglects his duties iti the College, or else
his services are of so little importance there that
his presence is not required. It was well re
marked the other day by a gentleman of our ac
quaintance in this City—"l pay Professor Tiffa
ny for teaching my son the Mathematics, and
not for travelling over the State making political
speeches.*'
We can tell the Baltimore Conference and
the Trusteesot Dickinson College, that if they
do not very shortly put a stop to this dema
gogue's lectures, or eject him from the Pulpit
and College, he u ill do lasting injury to the
Church and the venerable institution til Learn
ing under its management.— Lancaster Intelli
gencer.
A MARKED COMIUHEA-T. —The London Court
Journal, m ai hiding to our Minister to England,
-Mr. Bio HA.XAN, pays him this handsome com
pliment : —'-Among the many able men whom
America has sent to represent her at our court,
not one has obtained a greater amount of consid
eration with our statesmen than Mr. Buchanan.
To great diplomatic talents, his excellency
unites a modest demeanor and wonderful con
versational powers, so that in any political gath- i
ering, his ascendency is speedily manifest."
A NEW FEATURE.—A lady in Franklin
county, in this State, was recently married, her
hither refusing to give his consent, however,
till the husband gave bond in sboo that lie
would treat her kindly. Alter marriage he
treated her so badly that she left him, and the
father brought suit for the recovery of the
bond. The case was declared invalid in tin-
County Court, but being taken up to the Su
preme Court a decision was given, for plaintiff
for the amount and costs.
Just as we Expected.
Mrs. Sarah Young, one of the wives of Brig
ham Young, in Utah territory, and a Miss Kliza
win ianw, are about to travel the United States,
on a lecturing expedition against Mor-monism.—
VVe supposed that opposition to Mormon ism
would be a speculating scheme in the hands of
some lecturer or strong-minded woman, before
long, and the announcement by these two wo
men of their intentions, proves our conclusions
right. Morir.onism at first, was, and is still, a
vile hoax by which simple-minded people are
led to the adoption of a system at variance with
every principle of Christianity and social order.
It was designed to enrich some at the expense
of the credulous, and thus far has worked admi
rably.
What, however, strikes us as exceedingly
strange, is that Mrs. Sarah Young should live
so long with Brigham Young, and not find out
the iniquity of the whole system. We think
she was a long time coming to her senses, that
is if she had any desire at all to know the ob
ject and intentions of the leaders of the Mor
mons. It is either so, or being a strong-minded
woman, fancies hv running off from her leige
lord, and coming to the States, she can, by pat
terning alter Lucy Stone and the Rev. Antoi
nette Brown, amass a fortune. The latter con
clusion, we are inclined to think, is the ruling
one. It is only within the Inst year that Mor
monism is beginning to be discussed, and as it
will likely he an exciting topic, in which all
various congregations of Christians will take a
deep interest, Mrs. Young no doubt supposes
that by lecturing, and thus ministering to the
excitement of tli- people, she can make herself
comfortable li>r the balance ot Iter life.
H hat a credulous people we are ! One set
get Uj> a hurrsburg and make a lortune out of it,
and anothei do the same thing by opposing it.
Demo. Union.
Remarks of fen. (ass.
In the United States Senate, on Monday, on
the presentation of certain resolutions adopted
hy the Legislature of Michigan, the veteran
(fen. Cass, boldly declared his purpose to dis
regard the treasonable and illiberal instructions,
nor would fie, on the other hand, by resigning
his seat, give place to some more pliant repre
sentative of the faction now in the ascendant in
that State.
He said the Democratic party has lost its as
cendancy in Michigan, and these resolutions are
the result of the action of the new party, iam
now instructed to vote to deprive American ci
tizens in the territories of the power to regulate
the relations between master and servant, and
for tile repeal of the fugitive slave act, which
was passed to give effect to the solemn guaran
tees of the constitution. I shall neither obey
these instructions no resign my seat. II a |ki
litical party, whenever, by whatever combina
tions, it attains power, can compel its opponents
holding legislative trusts to violate their consci
ences and consistency, or resign their positions,
it would radically affect the organization ol the
Senate, and he incompatible with its office, as
the representative branch ol the sovereignty of
the States.
The Senate would loss every characteristic of
permanance, as power was transferred from one
party to another. This would operate against
the Democratic party, for their opponents do
not recognize their right to instruct. The intol
erant proscription which is advocated by the
new party would exclude from political confi
dence the first General who lell at the head of
an organized army at Quebec, and the last sur
viving signer of the Declaration of Independ
ence, because he was a Catholic.
The adoption of either measure recommended
hy the Legislatuie of Michigan, would he the
sequel for the breaking lip of this government,
and the dissolution of this confederacy. There
are many honest men who sconf all idea of dan
ger, and are prepared to sacrifice the structure
of freedom to one overpowering impulse. J
shall remain in the position 1 now occupy till
the end of my term, unless the democracy of
Michigan shall require me to act against my own
convict ions of dut v.
What T tear above ail things, is that the peo
ple may he struck with judicial blindness, with
which the nations are punished for national of
fences, and thus add to the melancholy list of
the people who had not wisdom enough to ap
preciate the value of free institutions, nor virtue
and firmness enough to maintain them.
35 S "A MENDIC ANT LENDI.NO FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS. —The Buffalo Republic states that a
merchant of that citv was "short" five hundred
dollars, a few days ago, and found it difficult to
raise, until a friend took him to the house of a
worthy old German, where, on giving good se
curity, it was handed to him,all in specie, with
the offer of live hundred more, if it w as w anted.
This generous offer was declined, and as the
merchant turned to leave, the door opened, and
in trooped the three or four ragged children of
the money-lender, with baskets on their arms,
whom the borrow er at once recognized as "reg
ular customers" at his house, and who had just
that moment returned from ins latder with tiieir
customary supply of cold victuals.
OGT'THE SEARCH FOR THE Sr.oon OF WAR
ALBANY - . —Advices have reached Washington
from the 1 nited States war steamer Fulton,
now in cruise in the West Indies, in search of
the missing sloop of war Albany. The Fulton
was at Cape Hayti on the loth ult. No intel
ligence, savs the Star, had been obtained of the
search, though the Fulton had visited Nassau,
San Salvador and St. Malthewstown, to that
end. Nothing was known of her at Turks' Is
land. It was clear she was not wrecked near
either of the On the loth ult. the
Fulton was to have weighed anchor to continue
her search, proceeding through the Mono pas
sage, and thence to the island of St. Thomas for
coal.
35 = *California exhibits at the present time
the oddest extremes of life. Many of these
have already become widely know n by the des
criptions of travellers and letter writers, hut the
theme seems always new. One account, now
before us, after mentioning the existence of
great distress in San Francisco, speak? of the
habits ot dress as insanely extravagant. Noone
wears calico, and while even servant girls sport
handkerchiefs which cost ten to fifteen dollars,
mechanics' wives wear laces costing from fif
teen to three hundred dollars, and dressi-s cost
ing from two hundred to five hundred dollars.
The private entertainments given are of the
same character.
fLf~ L>- wis Schonberger, a joung man ol abrut
twenty-three year* ol age, married a short time
since Louisa Ann Jordan, in Henrico, \ irginia.
The father took her forcibly away from tier
husband on the morning of their marriage. A
law suit followed. The father contended that
marriage license was obtained by perjury. The
husband said it had not bet n, and contended
(hat il it had, the \ irginian code did not annul
(he marriage, and the law pointed out the pun
ishment. The Judge agreed with the husband,
gave him hack his wife, at which result there
was a great shout of approbation in the court
room.
OT^*PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW IN MICHIGAN.
—The Governor of Michigan has signed the
prohibitory liquor hill passed by the Legislature
of that State a tew days ago. It takes effect in
ninety days after its approval. There are some
provisions about it that rendei it doubtful
whether it is constututional or not. One of
these allows a man to make an affidavit that he
suspects and believes that an individual has li
quor about his premises'with intent to sell—and
tberupon a justice may issue a warrant to seize
and deslioy the liquor, upon proof of the com
plaint. Another provision allows druggists to
sell liquors.
. AMERICANS IN LONDON. —An American wri
ting from London to the Newark Jjdvertistr y
says : "I have been forcibly and agreeably im
pressed with the attention which foreigners, at
least Americans, receive here. No trouble is
too great lor those in office to take in order to
enable them to enjoy and profit by the objects
they have travelled so many miles to see and
study. Even collections of paintings, shut to
the British public, (Lord Ellsmere's gallery, for
example,) are freely opened to them without fee
oi reward.
[Lr"lt is a singular fact thai 200 years ago,
our lathers compelled the Scotch and Irish to
hear arms: which shows that 1 Gob and 18of)
are at variance. Tims, at the General Court
holden at Plymouth, on the sth of June, 1655,
it was enacted :
" That all such Scots and Irish as are in anv
township in this government shall hear arms
ami train as others, excepting such as are ser
vants, from month to month."— Salem Regis
ter.
KFTHB AIR-LINE RAILROAD PROJECT UE
TWEEN NEW YORK AND THE SOUTH.—Applica
tion lias again been made to the Legislature of
the State of New Jersey lor a charter to a com
pany lor constructing an "air-line railroad"
through that State, Delaware, Maryland, and
Virginia, so as to connect Norfolk with New
York city. It is said the hill will be pressed
with good prospects of success.
Queen Isabella, of Spain, has sent a mag
nificent golden tiara, as a personal present to
the Pope. The tiara is encrusted with no few
er than eighteen thousand brilliant.-, so set a< to
throw off rays at all points, and to form around
the holy father's head a halo of light like the
"glory "'of a saint! The Pope's "next best"
tiaia is one that was presented to Pius VII., by
Napoleon I.
AMERICAN STEAMERS run THE EUROPEAN
WAR. ltisas-nted in one ol'the Southamp
ton (English) papers, that the British have just
despatched two naval officers to the United
States, to purchase a large number of steamers
for war purposes. Vessels of light drafts of
water, for use in the sea of Azof and in the
Baltic, are the class understood to be wanted.
A Washington millionaire has given out
cards for a soiree on Thursday night, which
was intended to eclipse all previous reunions of
the kind at the federal capital. He opens a
new mansion, and his three daughters are to ap
pear in great splendor, wearing dresses that
co>t S3OO each. Musicians were engaged in
New York.
It/ 2 "Fire Marshal Baker, of New York, has
repotted his investigations for six months, from
June 1 to December 1, 1854-. Of 180 fires
during that period, 58 are supposed to have
been caused by incendiaries, 3t> to have been
"set," (by the occupants, we presume, it is
intended,) and St> to have been the result of ac
cident.
03?°* Wild cats still exist in the backwoods of
Massachusetts, though one might have suppos
ed tiiat the progress of settlement would have
long since driven them awav or exterminated
them. Three were killed recently at Easthamp
ton, which had been committing depredations
upon the sheep.
ZJT' Mayor Wood, of New York, has made
arrangements for machinery, such as is in use
in London, Manchester arid other European
cities, to clean the streets of districts wherein
the contractors have failed. The experiment
will be tried at an early day.
young lady at Brighton, while in the
act of sneezing, came near dislocating hpr neck:
she was insensible for some hours, and had it
not been for the skill of the surgeon, who was
immediately sent for, life would have soon been
extinct.
million three hundred and fif'tv
eight thousand anil fifty-five dollars were coined
at the mint of San Luis Pofosi, Mexico, during
the past year, and five millions five hundred
and eighty thousand dollars at the mint in Gu
anajuato.
Marv Col ley was burned to death
in her house at Washington, Guernsey county,
Ohio, last week. She was alone at the the
time, and it is supposed that in reaching for
something on the mantel her clothes caught
fire.
national race course,on Long Island,
was sold by the sheriff of Queen's county, at
Jamaica, last week, to satisfy a mortgage of
$27,500. It was bid ofi'fts a Mrs. Coltun, lor
parties in Wall street.
annua! statement of the business of
the railroads in Massachusetts, shows an increase
during the last year, of 509,162 passengers,
compared with the previous year, and 201.979
tons of freight.
A shock of an earthquake was f it in several
parts of Tazewell county, Va., on the 22d tilt.
Some consternation was produced among the
bands at work on the Cumberland Gap Road.
A battle was lately fought near Pecos, be
tween the Texan Rangers and tile Camanche
Indians, in which the former were victorious.
Seven of the Indians were killed and a laro-e
number captured.
A late Florida paper states that peas and oth
er vegetable are blossoming in the open air.
A SENTENCE EXTENDED AT THE REQUEST OF
THE CONVICT. —The Boston Traveller gives an
account of a poor fellow taken up as a vagrant.
He gave a pitiful story of the dispersion of his
family while he was in jail, and that, having
sought tluon in vain, he had been tempted to
drink. He asked to he placed where he could
not get rum, and where he should he obliged to
work till spring. The court suggested two
months in the house of correction : the prisoner
thought that "about three would be better," and
the court acceded to his req'nst. I
]lool Court—Case Stated.
A, living in Philadelphia, owned a section
of land in the State ol lowa. In IMS A em
ployed Bto pay the taxes on the lain!. In
1K52,A wrote to B requesting him to examine
the land, and report its value peracre. 15 went
and looked at the land, and wrote to A that it
was worth $2 per acre.
In 1853, no puJc/mser offering, B wrote to
A that lie would give $2 per acre ; the bargain
was closed and A conveyed the land to B. At
the tune 13 wrote to A the land was really
worth A refunded the money to B for pay
ing the taxes and also paid him lor his services
in paving the~taxes. A paid B nothing for
looking at the land and B never made any
charge for it.'
Attornies for Plaintiff, Shannon, Fyan, Fletch
er, Reed Tate and Schell.
Attornies for Defendant, Barclay, Hail, Spang,
Bannan, Tate am! Boyd.
The charge of the court was delivered by
BLODGET (JNO. A.) Justice.
The action brought by A against II upon (lie
above stated case was in form an action of AS
SUMPSIT, embracing the usual counts, tor money
laid out and expended, money had and received,
account slated and the usual counts found in the
ordinary printed forms. The court areof opin
ion, confining themselves to the facts embraced
in the "care* stated," that the plaintiff" has mista
ken his remedy, and that the present form of ac.
tinn cannot he sustained, as there is a total and
irivconcileahle variance between the "allegata
and probata"—between the cause of action de
clared upon and the facts relied upon and set
forth in the "case stated" ami that a demurrer
to the evidence embraced in the "rase stated'"
w oiild be fatal to the plant ill 's recovery in the
present form of action.
The Count contained in the declaration "for
money hud and received ," appears to he princi
pally relied upon. Ceitainlv it docs not appear
in any part of the transaction, that the defeti-
daiit, L, was in the receipt of any money what
evi r. It (iocs not even appear that I? alter the
delivery of the deed to him by A sold the land,
or that lie received any consideration for the
same. The very converse is the true state of
the case : B was the payor of the onlv monev
that passed bet ween the parlies, and A was the
recipient. .
It has been decided that an action for money
had and received, cannot be sustained without
proof that the defendant had actually received
money to the plaintßPs use. 1 Dall. M5,'2.2,
242
Lord Mansfield says, that the action for
money had and received is a beneficial action
lor the plaint ill*, and particularly so tor the de
fendant, because the defendant can be liabie no
further than for the money he /ins receimi/. It
is in fact an action to oh litre the defendant to
refund "ex ri termini'' precludes the idea of in.?
being answerable for more than fie has actually
received. 1 Dal!. 223. Here there was no
fund to refund, the defendant not being in the
receipt of any money whatever.
The plaintiff, how ever, bases his right to re
cover on the ground of alleged misrepresenta
tion of the defendant, as to the vaii
land, and says that the title to the land, was
obtained from him, by the defendant, through
circumvention and fraud. Were ihe allegation
never so true, tlie plaintiff could not recover un
der the present declaration, for the defendant
has not been called upon to respond to a charge
of fraud. He is without notice, and therefore
all evidence offered to establish fraud on the
part of the defendant would be a departure
from the allegata and the subject of njection
from its illegitimacy.
In this form of action the plaintiff waives all
"TOUTS" —admits the right of the defendant to
receive, anil therefore can recov< r no more than
hasaccutallv come to the defendant's hands.—
*2 Burr, 1008, Cow p. lib, Bull X. P. 128.
Here there is not the slightest evidence to show
that B realized a dollar bv the sale of the Jand
purchased by him from A. Even had B sold
the land for four dollars per acre, he must have
sold it as his own,deriving his title from the deed
of A, and it is declared that "Assumpsit will
not lie, to recove the proceeds of land, sold by
the defendant under a claiuiof title as his own."
10 Watts, 335.
Suppose the plaintilf in his "election of ac
tion" had preferred an action upm the case,
in nature of deceit, and set forth specially all
the facts embraced in the case stated, and "The
defendant had answered, bv producing the plain
tiffs deed for the land: the onus would be
thrown upon the plaintiff to prove that it had
been obtained from him by fraud and circum
vention. There is nothing in the "stated case"
importing; fraud, and fraud cannot be inferred
from straining implications, fraud is not to be
presumed, but must be established by proof
It is said that B was the a cent of A. He
may have been so tor a special purpose, for ;lie
mere payment of taxes, hut tile amount paid by
him for taxes was refunded to him by—A, and a
compensation paid to him for his services.—
There is certainly nothing in the alter transac
tions Let ween the parties, that can he drawn
from the "stated case" that would enable A to
sustain any form of action whatever against B.
A wrote to Bin 1852, four years after the
special agency fins expired, "requesting" him
to examine the land and report its value per
acre. B went and looked at the land and wrote
to A that it was worth two dollars per acre.—
There is nothing so far, from which an Agency,
(in the true meaning and spirit of the word) can
be inferred. It was a mere naked request from
one friend to another, creating no tki st, im
posing no duty, discharged by B without com
pensation and from courtesy alone. Aw hole
year expired without A making any further en
ij'iirv as to the value of the land. In 1853(no
purchaser offering) B wrote to A that he woftld
give him two dollars per acre for the land, the
bargain was closed, and A conveyed tlm land to
B. At the time of the purchase of the land bv
B, all relationship between the parties from
which a trust could lie raised had ceased, and B
had as fair a right to purchase "a bargain" as
an entire stranger. A when he was written to
by B that his land was worth two dollars in
1852 (when it was really worth four) made no
further enquiry in relation to its value or con
dition, and received no offer of purchase from
any one, until B without saying what the land
was worth in 1853, offered him two dollars per
acre, which was accepted; whether the land
for the last year had increased or decreased in
value we are not informed. Here the defen
dant sustained no fiduciary character; he acted
neither as plaintiff's agent or attorney bv any
contract, express or implied, in law or in equi
ty. We can therefore perceive no fraud in the
transaction that would enable A to recover from
B in any form of action Assumpsit case or Eject
ment.
There has been an exception taken to the
jurisdiction of this court, upon the ground of the
defendant being an inhabitant of a sister Siutr,
; and doubts have been raised as to tt'hehe the
contract v. as consumated. Without h ing sen
sitive upon the subject, or thinking the t xc< je
tion ungracious, we will simply say, that rlie
law regulating contracts is the "/ of the
place'' where the contract was made. That
tile correspondence by htter between A and B
: to and from Philadelphia, is the incipient evi-I
| dence of the agreement and "meeting of minds"
ol the parties and the delivery and acceptance :
ot the deed in Philadelphia was its consuma
tion. Ihe contract was therefore consumated
in Pennsylvania, and the process of the court
served upon the defendant while in this State,
and he has appeared by aide counsel and taken
defence. This would ue a sufficient answer for
the present case, hut for the purjiose of avoiding
all exceptions to The jurisdiction of this court
hereafter, we will say that w> find nothing in
our commission having the slightest tendency
to restrain or limit our jurisdiction. .Neither
are our proceedings subject Jo revision by any
other Court upon writs of Error. We arealike
a Court of ". \ si Pritts" and of "Dernier Re
sort ' —alike freed from ihe impertinence of
'••lnjunctions" and writs of " Quo Warranto." j
\V •• are perfectly assured that our decisions are |
every whit us binding upon the inhabitants of j
tov:o as they are upon the residents of J'ennsyl- j
vantn. We send our process "Where e're we
lis! to wander wide" without limit or restraint, i
'•No pent up Utirji contracts our powers,
J lie whole boundless continent is our>."
Judgment for the defendant.
We have been shown a new counterfeit which wa
extenive|y circulated on Monday and Ttie-dav in
the city, and which is well calculated to deceive j
even experienced judges. Our readeis should tie par
ticularly on theii j;u;trf at the (neseirt tune, a- there i
i- beyond doubt a regularly organized hand of coun
terfeiters 111 the city.
Farmers' Lank of Kentucky.
A ijtnctie drove of cattle, hogs, two horsemen and
a <ioj; ; a long building, locomotive and train on a
railroad bridge, and village in the background. In
the counterfeit, the village is not visible and the
11nin is dimly seen.
Note that ihe "ii" in "(~a-!i,'' at the bottom of the
note, touches the Bowers round the bee-hive. In the
genuine, it is orie-eighth of an inch distant; alo note
J the •-C" in ••< a-luer : ' in ttie counterfeit i- over the •
i second "p" in the name ol tie-engravers, '-Toppan" ;
\c. kc. In genome it is over the "o." The mouth
! of the female on the lei! em) ;s -oinew hat blurred.
'J he paper is darker than the genuine, and not so
good. In all other respects the counterfeit is a close
| mutation ot genuine.— fill. Gag.
PIIIL'A. Tuesday, Fei>. 5, '55.
! FRlG tiTKt't. RAILROAD ACCIDKNT. —The freight |
Itaiti on Ihe Columbia Railroad ran off the track !
! three tnili-s West <>l Schuylkill this afternoon.
AH thecals rolled over an embankment, broke
: up, and caught lire from the stoves, i'heir con
tents consistiiig of flour, wheat, and domestics,
were it < stly consumed. Several persons em
ployed on the train were injured. Michael
Spangler was wedged among the flour and terri
i.'lv burned. He was brought to the Pennsyl
vania Hospital.
TO PERSONS OLT OF EMPLOYMENT.
dears' Pictorial Wart* for 3S-7.7.—The attention
of rlie reader is solicited t the advertisement of A
geuts wanted lor HIP series ol Pictorial hooks issued
troio the jire-s of Mr. Scars. The-e books have met,
and a;e meeting with a large vale throughout the ,
I iiion. and Ihe three lafe.-t publications, '-lli SSIA
Ll.t.i STRATKD," "CHINA AMI INDIA," and '•TIIEM.I.I v. \
L.XCTDKMS IN THE v. Alls OF IHK L' NITKD SIATES," ARE '
,n eveiy way equal to the other works HI point of
attraction and iiOere-t. VYi.ut he wishes to otitain
is competent agents in every section of the country.
Ihe readiness ot their -ale offers great inducements
lor person- to etnhuik in their di-po-a), and as they
are of a high moral and unexceptionable character,
llieie are none but who can conscientiou-ly contri
bute to their circulation. Any person wishing to!
j embark in the enteiprize will risk litlle by sending
| to the publisher $25, for which he will receive sain- j
i pie copies ol the various works (at wholesale prices)
j carefully boxed, insured, and directed, affording a
| very hbeial per rentage to the agent lor his trouble.
With these he will soon he aide to ascertain the
most saleable, and order accordingly.
c:> Catalogues containing lull particulars forward
ed to all parts of the country free of postage, on ap- j
plication.
T>K. KVVSIHI'S PKCTOK AI. Svnri'.—This is the
rams of a new aitirle In the way of medicine, pre
pared by Br. G. H. Keyser, Wholesale Druggist,
; MO WIHIII -Trent. Pittsburgh, Pa. It I- prepared to
cure tne various diseases of the Lungs and Btonchial
Organs, such as Cough-, Colds, Hoarseness, Bron
chitis, Asthma, ami Sore Throat. It has been high
ly spoken of by 'be Pittsburgh Press, is pleasant to
take, and costs but hall a dollar, fold in Bedford,
by Hupp & Oster, in Schellshurg by Colvin &; Robin
sou.
THE STOMACH prepares the elements of the bile
and Ihe blood; and if it does Ihe woik feebly and im
peilectly, liver disease is the certain re-u!t. As
soon, therefore, as any defection of the liver per- |
ceived. we may be sure that the digestive organ- are I
out of order. The lirst thing to l>e done is to admin
ister a specific which will act directly upon the sto
mach—the mainspring of the animal machinery.
For tins purpose we can recommend Hooflatid's Ger- j
man Bitters, prepared by Dr. C. M. .lack-on, Pbila- I
delphia. Acting as an alternative and a tonic, it I
strengthens the digestion, change- the condition ot
the blood and thereby gives regulaiity to the buwcls.
See advertisement.
ITT"GREAT CURE FOR RHEC.MATISM.—The j
Editors of The Richmond Republican, ol Dec. 21th, j
IS-72. says t hut Carter's bpuui.-h Mixture is noquack
medicine.
They had a man in their pre-s room who was af- '
flicted with violent Mercurial Rheumatism, who was I
conlinuailv complaining of misery in the hark, limbs
and joint-; his eves had become feverish arid mat- j
tery, neck swollen, throat sore, and ali the symptoms
of Rheumatism, combined with Scrofula. Two hot- ;
ties of Carter's Spanish Mixture cureil him, and, in j
an editorial notice as above, they bear testimony to
it- wonderful effects, and sav their only regret is,
ttiat all siiffeiiiig with disea-e ol the blood are not a- j
ware of the existence of such a medicine. fl"?~ See :
their certificate and notice in full around the bottle. I
1 I
E B : D:
On the morning of the sth inst., at the house of j
Bernard Means of Monroe Township, Mr. HL'GH
MEAN'S, an old and respected resident of Bedford
county, aged 71 years and one day. The deceased '
was distinguished lor his upright and honest charac
ter, as well as for all the social virtues of charity and
benevolence towards all his neighbors, who, not
with-tanding the inclemency of the season, manifes
ted their regard for him by attending his funeral in
such large numbers.
At the close of his long life, he gave his attending
children and relatives consoling proof- of true Chris
tian faith anil anient piety. He was supported by all ;
the consolations arid rites of his holy religion, anil af- j
ter receiving the -piritual comfort of the holy Sa- !
eminent*, lor which he longed so much, he fell asleep !
in .Jesus, "awaiting the blessed hope and coming of
the glory of our great (rod and Saviour Jesus Christ-"
—St. Paul Epistle Titus cli. 2.
BCAT-Tinx.—lt raftftrif be that earth is bran's
abiding place. It cannot be that or lit',- i s cast
up by Hi.- ocean ol eternity to l)"at upon tis
waves and sink into nothingness. Else why is
it that the glorious aspirations which leap jik e
angels Irorn the temple of onr hearts are forev
er wandering about unsatisfied? Why is it that
the rainbow and the clouds come o \> r with a
beauty that is not of earth, and pass off to leave
us to muse of their faded lovelie 5.,? Why i,,?
that the stars who hold (estiva! around the mid-I
night throne are set above khe grasp of our lim
ited farnlties, forever mocking us with their
unapproachable glory? And, finally, why is it
that the bright forms of human beauty are pre-'
served to our view and then taken from us, lea
ving the thousand streams of our affrttiuns j,,
flow hack in Alpine torrents? We are hbrti
lor a higher destiny than that of earth. Tfore
is a realm where rainbow s never lade, w here
the stars will be out before us like isiels Ihiif
slumber on the ocean, and where the hejno-sr
that pass before us like shadows will stay in our
possession forever.
ru SILET
The subscriber will sell, at public sale, at his
residence near Bedford, on THURSDAY, the
Ihtii day of MARCH next, the following pro
perty, viz:
'I hree pair of work and one pair of l av match
Horses, one Mare, and three Colts Cows ami
Calves one brood Sow and Pigs, Ten Shoats
two Broad Tire Wagon®, Plows, Harrows, Cul
tivate.- >, Corn Cover- r, Horse Gears, a Thrash
ing Machine, hoise-power, (trie spring market
Wagon, one Gtimi Stone, and one Grain Drill
also one super Wind-Mrll, one Creighead
Sward Plow, one Avery's do., one mh-soil ( j„.
one premium Harrow, two common Harrows
one Horse Rake, and Grain Cradles and Rakes,
all improved implements for Farming—also
Bees—togefhr with a great variety of oth-r
articles too tedious to enumerate.
/""Sale to commence at 10 o'clock of said
day, when due attendance and a reasonable cre
dit will be given by
CHARLES COLFELT.
Feb. 10, 1 Sixo.
Becif or & Ac;td em y
A \l>
FEMALE SEMINARY.
W. W. CAMFBELL, Principal.
This Institution, hitherto under the rare of Rev.
John Lyon, will henceforth be conducted by the pre
-ent Principal. The past history of the Academy
will, we tru-t. be a sntficieiit guaranty of its future
efficiency. The branches taught w ill he the same as
heretofore. Trie MASTER rßixctPi.ES will be run-id
ered the most important pursuit of the pupils; and
while it will be the constant hu-iness of the Instruc
tor to impair knowledge, it will also be his atrri to
lead tns pupil- to make a practical application 'of
their acquisitions. To lead the mind with innumer
able formulas, without causing it to ne them, would
he like placing a how in a child's hand, without
teaching him how to bend it. In fine, it H>u!l be onr
object, as it ha- ever been, to lead the pupil to
THINK.
He look forward confidently to The patronage f
this community, which has thus far been so gener
ously extended, and by an undiminished assiduity,
we hope to merit your support.
Terms per quarter, as usual, to icit:
Classics, $6 25
IIIGUKR ENGLISH, 5 00
MIDDLE " 4 f>o
ELEMENTARY " 4 00
The Session opened on Monday, 12th inst.
Feb. 16, ISSo.
Public Sale
OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of an Order of the Orphan's Court
ot Bedford county, the undersigned will espnse
to public sale, on the premises, on
SATURDAY, the 17th day of MARCH next,
the fallowing described Tract of lIS acres ol
land, situate in Liberty Township, adjoining
lands ol David Sioler and others.
I his land is limestone ola good quality, lies
one and a half miles from Stonerstown, and
within about one mile of Ihe Broadtop Railroad-
Has erected on it a two story log-house and
kitchen: a good bank barn, blacksmith slurp,
spring-house, and other buildings. Also, a fine
apple orchard thereon, with a variety-of other
ft nit trees. There is also a never-failing spring
of good water on the premises. Terms, which
are easy, will be made known on the day of
sale.
DAVID STOLER,
Adm'r of the estatV of John Stoler, deceasi d.
Feb. 16, 1855.
IT7- NOTICE TO SCHOOL TEACHERS.—A
meeting ot the School Teachers of Reditud county
will be held at the Court House, in the Koiough of
Bedford, on Friday, the 2d day of March next, at 3 0
o'clock, A. M. Ihe Iriends of education generally
are invited to attend.
. T. R. GETTYS,
Sup't of Common Schools of Bedford county-
Feb. 10, 1-S.j.j.
notice to FARMERS.
A prime lot of little CLOVER-SEED war
ranted dean of Ripple, for sale bv Samuel
Harnhait at the Tavern ot Valentine stpcktnan
in Bedford. Feb. Hi, IS.">5.
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the estate of GEORGE
MILLS, late of Monroe Township, Redlotd comity,
deceased, are requested to make immediate payment
—and those having rlaims against said estate will
present theui properly authenticated for seltlenifiil-
BENJ. MILLS, Administrator.
Feb. 2, 18.7-7.*
NOTICE.
Christian Stonfler. of Napier Townslrip, hav
ing on the 4th day of January in.-f. executed h>
the undersignerl, an assignment of all his pro
perty, real, personal, and mixed, lor the benefit
ol his creditors, notice is therefore given to the
creditors to present their claims forthwith for
settlement, and those indebted are hereby re
quired to make payment immediately to either
of the assignees, or at the otlice of Jno. P. Recti,
Esq. where the hooks and accountsare placet).
All accounts unpaid after the next court, wril
be placed in the hands of officers for collection.
DAVID PATTERSON,
JNO. P. REED,
JNO. MOWER,
Assignees.
Jan. 19, 1855.
One large 7'en Plate Stove —with doors-com
plete, lor sale by A. B. CRAMER- & Co.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
WOOD STREET. PITTSBURGH, PA.,
MYSON & SIIIRIX
Sept. 1, Us>4,